Supporting structure for plaster in walls.



O. REOHNITZ. SUPPORTING STRUCTURE FOR PLASTERKIN WALLS.

APPLIOATION FILED IEB. 3, 1912.

OTTO RECHNITZ, OF COTTBUS, GERMANY.

SUPPORTING STRUCTURE FOR PLASTER IN WALLS.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 24., 1914.

Application filed February 3, 1912. Serial No. 675,332.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OTTo REoHNITz, a subject of the German Emperor, residing at Cottbus, Germany, have invented a new and useful Supporting Structure for Plaster in WValls, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a structure in form of a woven fabric for supporting plaster in walls.

An object ofthe invention is to connect supporting elements which are adapted to carry material by a metal fabric so that the material, after its application in plastic condition to the fabric, is held by these supporting elements, which also serve for reinforcing the fabric structure.

Another object of the invention is to secure the supporting elements on the fabric without the use of any additional binding means, like wires or the like, and to provide therefor the supporting elements with corrugations or grooves adapted for engagement with a plurality of members of the fabric.

These and other objects will be more clearly understood by reference to the following description and to the appended claims, and by reference to the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing: Figure l is a diagrammatical view showing a plurality of plaster supporting elements superposed on one member of the fabric and held thereon by other members thereof. Figs. 2 to 1 show various modifications of the supporting elements.

In Fig. 1 supporting elements in the form of square plates 0, are secured to the structure. They are provided on opposite surfaces with grooves f and g, respectively, which are disposed ata right angle to each other, as shown in Fig. 2. The groove 9 serves for guiding the supporting element on the warp wire d of the fabric, while the other groove f serves for reception of the weft wire it, said last named member of the structure therefor holding the supporting element in its position in the fabric. From Fig. 1 it also will be seen that the supporting elements are arranged serially in the structure, the elements of each series being offset or staggered with respect to the elements of the adjacent series. It will be noted therefrom that these elements not only serve for supporting the plaster applied to the structure, but will also serve for holding the members of the fabric structure at their points of intersection.

In Fig. 3 a supporting element of a construction similar to that shown in Fig. 2 is disclosed, consisting of a body 7; which is provided with transverse grooves 71: and Z on both fiat surfaces, so that the same may beplaced between the warp and weftwire without making it necessary that it should be adjusted primarily to present the proper surface to each wire. The wires of the fabric extending in right angles to each other are received in these grooves la and Z, and thereby hold the sup-porting element similar to the arrangement illustrated in Fig. 1. The grooves 70 and Z are formed by ribs proj ecting from the surface of the body 2 The supporting element m illustrated in Fig. .4 is provided with a plurality of notches a. These notches n are arranged in tli'e vertical sides of the body wt and serve a similar purpose as the grooves l and is shown in the supporting element of Fig. 3 and are adapted to receive the warp and weft wires respectively.

Supporting structures for plaster in walls were heretofore manufactured by a braiding process which required, however, more material than the present process of weaving the structure and which did not afford the same possibilities of uniting the supporting elements with the structure without any binding wires and such like. Furthermore, it is known that in an equal period of time a larger piece of structure may be manufactured by weaving than by braiding and it is also known that cheaper material is not as well adapted for the braiding process as for the weaving process.

I claim:

1. A plaster supporter capable of being rolled up, consisting of a row of parallel wires at uniform distances from one another, a similar row of wires at right angles .to the first series and interwoven therewith and a plurality of non-metallic bodies inserted between the two rows at their crossing points.

2. A plaster supporter capable of being rolled up, consisting of a row of parallel wires at uniform distances from one another, a similar row of wires at right angles to the first row. and interwoven therewith, a plurality of non-metallic bodies inserted between the wires of the two rows at their crossing points, and means on said bodies, arranged in the direction of the crossing wires and adapted and intended to receive them.

3. Plaster supporter capable of being rolled up, consisting of a row of parallel Wires at uniform distances from one another, a similar row of wires at right angles to said first row and interwoven therewith, a plurality of non-metallic fiat bodies inserted between the wires of the two rows at their crossing points and provided on the opposite fiat sides of the bodies with grooves running in the direction of the crossing wires to receive the same.

4. A plaster supporter, consisting of a row of parallel Wires at uniform distances from Copies of this patent may be obtained for one another, a similar row of wires at right angles to the first row and interwoven therewith and a plurality of non-metallic bodies inserted between the wires of the two rows at their crossing points, the non-metallic bodies having flat, essentially quadrangular form and oppositely disposed recesses which serve to receive the wires running at right angles to each other and embracing the bodies between them.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

OTTO REOHNITZ.

Witnesses WOLDEMAR I-IAUPT, HENRY HAsPER.

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